Scientists zap atom across room http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_3816000/3816551.stm
Scientists say that they have teleported an atom across a room for the first time. Teleporting is when something is taken apart and sent to another place without any physical contact. In the past, scientists have done this to laser light, but this is the first time something solid has been teleported from one place to another. Although this does not mean that we can do the same with humans, it could revolutionise technology of the future. 'Beam me up' Teleporting was first made famous is an old TV show called Star Trek. Astronauts could be beamed down from the spaceship to a planet's surface. Using the same principle, it is hoped that this scientific breakthrough could pave the way for superfast computers, called "quantum computers". These computers would perform extremely complicated calculations, but would be only as small as the size of a sugar cube. xponent Moins Peripherals Maru rob
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